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A picture from the iconic shipwreck beach, the Navagio on the island of Zakynthos is stirring the spirits in Greece on Tuesday. The picture shows a pile of trash, including water bottles, beer cans and God knows what else on top of each other or next to each other is …

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Municipality workers across Greece have launched a 48-hour strike in order to protest government plans to hand over to private investors part of municipality services. The strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 22-23, 2019, already shows its first impact with garbage bags to piling up especially in the big cities …

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The European Commission has sent a stern warning to Greece claiming it is violating European Union environmental laws with regard to waste management on the Ionian island of Corfu. “The Commission is calling on Greece to ensure that EU waste legislation is implemented on the ground in Corfu Island,” the …

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Locals and tourists were evacuated from the village Viggla on the island of Corfu on Tuesday after the piles of garbage left on the side of a land road burst into flames. The fire broke out at noon in the area of Koulouras and spread quickly due to the strong …

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One protester was seriously injured during clashes between riot police and locals over the Leykimmi landfill on the island of Corfu. The 32-year-old man had to have his hand amputated after a makeshift explosive device detonated in his hands. Locals and riot police had taken place against each other on …

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Garbage piles at road sides, potholes on main roads, broken traffic lights and pavements or no street lights at all are just some but very important problems on the island of Corfu, the Jewel of the Ionian Sea. Exhausted by the miserable infrastructure, the negligence and indifference by the local …

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The Association of British Travel Agents has joined operators and hoteliers in calling on Greek tourism authorities to take swift action to clear up piles of dumped rubbish on the island of Corfu, in the Ionian Sea. For one more time, the problem has reached the level where tonnes of …

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Garbage bags outside the large neighborhood bins have been piling up in Athens, Piraeus and the suburbs as the landfill of Attica remains close for eighth consecutive day. With 2,000 tonnes fresh rubbish to land daily on the streets, residents and business owners in the Greek capital have reached the …

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A video posted on social media has triggered a storm of outrage about the cruelty donkeys and mules on the island of Santorini have been exposed to. The video shows a donkey overloaded with black garbage bags. The load is so heavy that the poor animal can hardly walk, it …

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Residents of Zakynthos turned to justice and sought the assistance of public prosecutor in order to find a solution to the tons of garbage laying on the streets over the festive days. The problem is not new. However, after the rain on Thursday spread the garbage across the streets, a …

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After a two-hour meeting, the broad of the Municipality Workers’ Union POE-OTA announced that it will continue the garbage strike until Thursday, June 29th 2017. And this despite temperatures reaching 37 degrees Celsius and the upcoming heat wave that will strike Greece as of Thursday. The Union rejected proposal put …

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Tonnes of garbage in Greece’s streets. Nasty odor. Rotting waste under the sun. Citizens are fed up. Businessmen in despair. Especially those of the food sector who see their customers running away. In Thessaloniki, a clever entrepreneur found THE alternative solution to the problem of bursting bins and plastic bags …

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A man claimed on TV, he saw rats ‘big like cats’ roaming at night through the mountains of garbage that lay uncollected since one week. “It’s stinking! Awful! Microbes!” another man shouted right in the camera. An elderly woman urged “they should take the garbage in their homes”. It is …

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Big bags, small bags. Black bags, blue bags and supermarket bags. Closed bags and open bags. They all pile up on the streets of Athens and other cities across the country. Municipality workers have been on strike since last Sunday, the government tries to find a solution and national health …

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Two unions of municipality workers launched two 48-hour strikes to protest changes affecting extension of long-term contracts as well as kindergarten staff. The first strikes is launched May 20 21, the second May 22-23 2017. Municipalities urge residents to not bring waste to the garbage bins. At the same time …

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It was a “party” for angry and frustrated locals: they brought dozens of bags full of rotten garbage and left it in front of the town hall of Zakynthos, the island on the Ionian Sea. Some of the angry locals went so far to throw eggs. oranges and tomatoes directly …

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Situation on the island of Corfu is beyond description: plastic bags bursting with rubbish and garbage have been pilling up all over the town of Corfu and the whole island. The heat wave of last week has made things worse: unbearable smell, millions of flies, public health at risk. Thousands …

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This is the airport of the beautiful island of Corfu: hundreds of empty water and beverage bottles are laying nicely on the floor or are carefully arranged around garbage boxes by passengers ready to take off.  The pictures of shame have been uploaded on internet by Giorgos Tseremis, the president …

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Municipality workers will launch several 48-hour strikes to protest the measure of labour reserve that will send several hundreds home with 60% of their wages for one year and the option to be dismissed after that period. The first strike will occur Thursday and Friday, December 13-14,t he second Monday …

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Short after 4 o’ clock in the morning, strong police forces entered the building of Aristotelio University in Thessaloniki and ended the occupation of contractor workers. Police operation lasted only 10 minutes and ended with the arrest of eleven workers who did not resist. Video: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt The …

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